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Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to CAROLINE CRANE MARSH,
dated January 22, 1884.,
Original located at the University of Vermont's Special Collections in the George
Perkins Marsh Collection, filed by date.,
http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/sfbccm840122 (accessed March 31, 2015)

Your letter to Mary came in this morning, and reminds me of my failure to answer your
letter of a few weeks ago. It has not been overlooked, however; as I have placed it
in the hands of Mr Goode, to look up the authorities, and make sure that my
impression on the subject was correct. Of course I would not like to lead you into
an erroneous statement, which -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- would doubtless be subjected to prompt and sharp
criticism.

Mr Goode has been very busy in receiving the
collections of the London Fishery Exhibition, and in
attending to many other points of detail; but I will corner him to day, and make him
tell his story. I hope to enclose a memorandum on the subject in this letter.

Do not hesitate to call on me whenever I can help you in your editorial work. I may
not always have -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- to depend upon somebody else for the data of reply.